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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Owned Subsidiaries

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Transaction Fees Payable

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Transaction Fees Payable, Monthly Installments Due in Year One

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Transaction Fees, Monthly Installments Due Term

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Transaction Fees, Monthly Installments Due Thereafter

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IP Transit Services Agreement, Payment at Closing

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Amount before tax of gain (loss) recognized on the sale or disposal of a disposal group. Excludes discontinued operations.

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Indicates line item in statement of income or comprehensive income that includes impairment of long-lived asset held for use.

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The amount of impairment loss recognized in the period resulting from the write-down of the carrying amount of an intangible asset (excluding goodwill) to fair value.

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The aggregate amount of write-downs for impairments recognized during the period for long lived assets held for use (including those held for disposal by means other than sale).

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Amount of loss from impairment of right-of-use asset from operating lease.

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Wireline - Narrative (Details)		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Wireline - Narrative (Details)	May 01, 2023 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 06, 2022 USD ($) wholly_owned_subsidiary
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
(Gain) loss on disposal group held for sale			$ (25,000,000)	$ 1,087,000,000	$ 0
Impairment expense			0	$ 477,000,000	$ 0
Impairment, Long-Lived Asset, Held-for-Use, Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration]				Impairment expense
Sprint
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Wireline property and equipment		$ 258,000,000
Wireline Business \| Sprint
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Impairment expense			0	$ 477,000,000
Operating lease right-of-use assets		212,000,000
Impairment of other intangible assets		$ 7,000,000
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Wireline Business
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of subsidiaries owned \| wholly_owned_subsidiary						2
Purchase price consideration for the purchased interests	$ 1
Transaction fees payable						$ 700,000,000
Monthly installments due in year one						350,000,000
Monthly installments due thereafter						$ 350,000,000
Monthly installments (in period)						42 months
IP transit services agreement, payment at closing	$ 61,000,000
(Gain) loss on disposal group held for sale			(25,000,000)	1,100,000,000
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Wireline Business \| Other current liabilities
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Disposal group, fees payable			183,000,000
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Wireline Business \| Other long-term liabilities
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Disposal group, fees payable			$ 255,000,000
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Other Wireline Asset Sales
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
(Gain) loss on disposal group held for sale				$ (121,000,000)